Around The World in 80 DaysCHAPTER IIN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACHOTHER.THE ONE AS MASTER.THE OTHER AS MAN.Mr Phileas Fogg lived,in 1872,at No.7,Saville Row,BurlingtonGardens,the house in which Sheridan died in 1814.He was one of themost noticeable members of the Reform Club,though he seemed alwaysto avoid attracting attention;an enigmatical personage,about whom littlewas known,except that he was a polished man of the world.People saidthat he resembled Byron,-at least that his head was Byronic;but he wasa bearded,tranquil Byron,who might live on a thousand years withoutgrowing old.Certainly an Englishman,it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg wasa Londoner.He was never seen on 'Change,nor at the Bank,nor in thecounting-rooms of the 'City';no ships ever came into London docks ofwhich he was the owner;he had no public employment;he had neverbeen entered at any of the Inns of Court,either at the Temple,or Lincoln'sInn,or Gray's Inn;nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court ofChancery,or in the Exchequer,or the Queen's Bench,or the EcclesiasticalCourts.He certainly was not a manufacturer;nor was he a merchant or agentleman farmer.His name was strange to the scientific and learnedsocieties,and he never was known to take part in the sage deliberations ofthe Royal Institution or the London Institution,the Artisan's Associationor the Institution of Arts and Sciences.He belonged,in fact,to none ofthe numerous societies which swarm in the English capital,from theHarmonic to that of the Entomologists,founded mainly for the purpose ofabolishing pernicious insects.Phileas Fogg was a member of the Reform,and that was all.The way in which he got admission to this exclusive club was simpleenough.He was recommended by the Barings,with whom he had an open credit.His cheques were regularly paid at sight from his account current,whichwas always flush.Was Phileas Fogg rich?Undoubtedly.But those who knew him best couldnot imagine how he had made his fortune,and Mr Fogg was the lastperson to whom to apply for the information.He was not lavish,nor,onthe contrary,avaricious;for whenever he knew that money was neededfor a noble,useful,or benevolent purpose,he supplied it quietly andsometimes anonymously.He was,in short,the least communicative ofmen.He talked very little and seemed all the more mysterious for histaciturn manner.His daily habits were quite open to observation;butwhatever he did was so exactly the same thing that he had always donebefore,that the wits of the curious were fairly puzzled.Had he travelled?It was likely,for no one seemed to know the worldmore familiarly;there was no spot so secluded that he did not appear tohave an intimate acquaintance with it.He often corrected,with a fewclear words,the thousand conjectures advanced by members of the clubas to lost and unheard-of travellers,pointing out the true probabilities,and seeming as if gifted with a sort of second sight,so often did eventsjustify his predictions.He must have travelled everywhere,at least in thespirit.It was at least certain that Phileas Fogg had not absented himself fromLondon for many years.Those who were honoured by a betteracquaintance with him than the rest,declared that nobody could pretendto have ever seen him anywhere else.His sole pastimes were reading thepapers and playing whist.He often won at this game,which,as a silent